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Prompt is an artificial intelligence programme that genuinely wants to help you live a better life. How do you tell a child that Father Christmas does not exist? Prompt can help you with this, but you’ll have to face reality.

Father Christmas

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Not all nipples are the same. On Instagram or Facebook female breasts are censured whereas the bare male torso is allowed. Some artists are challenging this double standard. 

All Nipples are Not Equal

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<p>Prompt is an artificial intelligence programme that genuinely wants to help you live a better life. How do you tell a child that Father Christmas does not exist? Prompt can help you with this, but you’ll have to face reality.</p>

How do you tell a child that Father Christmas does not exist? Prompt can help you with this, but you’ll have to face reality.

Not all nipples are the same. On Instagram or Facebook female breasts are censured whereas the bare male torso is not. Some artists are challenging this double standard. 

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Human beings are covered in body hair, but ever since antiquity, painters and artists have depicted completely hairless bodies in their works

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Culture magazine Twist talks to artists about the role and power of friendship. Is the chosen bond of friendship undervalued in our societies?

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Is lazy good? Ronja meets ex-football player Kevin Pannewitz, who was about to break through into the Bundesliga, but was kicked out by the clubs for lack of discipline. Today he plays in the district league and is a happy father. Does he still feel like he missed something because of his lack of work ethic? Laziness can have meaning: it's a form of resistance, says philosopher Marilena Berends. It's a radical act against our high-speed society and the never-ending drive for production and growth. 

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Ronja meets ex-player Kevin Pannewitz, who was kicked out of professional football due to lack of discipline

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Colombian Adriana Lopez, a Barcelona-based techno purist, has been inspiring the scene for over two decades with exceptional atmospheres at every appearance. Dasha Rush combines the forces of the universe, her fascination with astrophysics and the latent yearnings of the human soul to create emotionally charged techno, complemented by visual explorations and performance art.

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Between pounding techno, visual explorations and performance art: Two top DJs duet at the Stone Techno festival.

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With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?

The Painting that Divides Humanity

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Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979.  This means that 1 in 5 Chinese men will not be able to find a partner in five years’ time.

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Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979. 

China: Men without Women

The Assad clan, in power for decades, has fallen in a matter of weeks. Toppled rebels led by Abu Mohammed Al-Joulani. But who is he? And what hope of peaceful coexistence for Syria’s mosaic of peoples.

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The Assad clan, in power for decades, has fallen in a matter of weeks. Toppled rebels led by Abu Mohammed Al-Joulani. But who is he? 

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Diwa is only 11 years old. She is one of the thousands of victims of a crime that is hardly reported on in Europe but which is causing havoc in the Philippines. She was raped by her parents, live on the internet, to satisfy the desires of foreign paedophiles who paid for the spectacle of her rape, giving instructions from a distance.

Philippines: Child Rape Online

Thousands of children in the Philippines have been abused, live on the internet. Report on a shocking crime.

China’s leader Xi Jinping promises prosperity for all and global leadership. But the reality is quite different: The Chinese economy is stalling with property prices falling and youth unemployment high.

China's Disillusioned Youth

Far from living the ‘Chinese Dream’ maybe young people are unemployed and disillusioned.

Entire generations have learned about sex through mainstream porn, blurring the lines between personal desires and platform-driven fantasies. But if our sexuality is shaped by algorithms, can’t we take back some control? The post-porn movement is doing exactly that. Aimed at creating pornography that reflects honest, consensual sex – its creators are making waves online.

Can Post-porn Awaken Our True Desires?

What if porn reflected our true desires? Post-porn aims to be more ethical, more honest and more revolutionary.

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Just a few kilometres off the coast of North Korea, the South Korean islands of Yeonpyong and Baeknyeongdo are at the frontline of tensions between the two countries. Last January, 60 shells were fired by the North, leading to the evacuation of Yeongpyong. Life on the islands is tense, as fishermen can attest.

Yeonpyeong: Between Two Koreas

The South Korean islands of Yeonpyong and Baeknyeongdo are at the frontline of tensions between North and South Korea.. 

Gessler’s hat became a metaphor for enforced submissive behaviour. When William Tell refuses to salute the tyrannical Governor’s hat, his punishment is to put his son’s life in danger. Rossini’s opera, based on Friedrich Schiller’s play, is performed in Lausanne for the first time. With Jean-Sébastien Bou in the title role and Luigi De Donato in that of the Governor.

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The Swiss national hero must shoot the apple off his son’s head on the stage of the Opéra de Lausanne.

Gioachino Rossini: William Tell

The Nobel prize, the Prince of Asturias Award, the National Medal of Arts: All prizes that Bob Dylan won but refused. Is this how he stays true to his counter-culture ideas?

Bob Dylan

Ireland has a severe shortage of homes with hundreds of thousands needing to be built. With rents in Dublin spiralling, many families are homeless. Jordyn, Jonathan and their daughter Delilah have no fixed address and have to look for somewhere to spend the night every day.

Since the financial crisis, Ireland has had a severe housing crisis with many families left homeless.

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Together with Panama and Suriname, Bhutan is one of only three countries in the world with a negative carbon footprint. Its strictly protected forests, which cover 70% of the country, absorb three times as much carbon as it emits. But now the glacial lakes in the mountainous nation are threatening to overflow as a result of climate change.

Bhutan: Green Paradise in Danger

Together with Panama and Suriname, Bhutan is one of only three countries in the world with a negative carbon footprint.

Across Europe, the far right is embedding itself into the political landscape and daily life. But behind an increasingly smooth and respectable façade lies an ideology that remains fundamentally racist and violent. An in-depth focus into an ecosystem of extreme ideology in France, Germany, and Belgium.

Inside Europe's Far-Right Movement

Across Europe, the far right is embedding itself into politics and daily life, but remains fundamentally violent and racist. 

White Power

Spain and Germany view the EU MERCOSUR trade agreement as an opportunity whilst France sees it as a threat to its agricultural industries with unfair competition from countries that can produce food cheaper and with less stringent regulations. An opportunity to take a look at how agriculture has undergone a revolution in recent decades.

MERCOSUR & the Globalisation of Agriculture

Spain and Germany view the EU-MERCOSUR trade agreement as an opportunity whilst France sees it as a threat to its agricultural industries.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, citizens of East Germany had to get used to a new way of consuming, working, and living. New-found freedoms were a breath of fresh air for many but in the chaos leading up to reunification with West Germany, the experience was also disconcerting.

Freedom and Anarchy

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germans had to get used to a new way of consuming, working, and living. 

The Last Summer of the GDR

To celebrate 50 years of French radio station FIP, Sting gives a special performance in the monumental surroundings of the Pantheon in Paris.

50 Years of FIP Radio

Sting at the Pantheon in Paris

Why is Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI, still viewed as a Machiavellian manipulator? By marrying into the family her father wanted to forge an alliance with, she became forever associated with the worst scandals of Renaissance Italy.

Lucrezia Borgia vs Pope Alexander VI

Why is Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI, still viewed as a Machiavellian manipulator? 

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Hundreds of thousands have fled Lebanon since September as a result of the Israeli bombing raids, including many Syrian war refugees, who have to flee conflict again.

Syria-Lebanon: Endless Exile

When a minor earthquake throws life coach Aaron’s world into turmoil, he tries to find out the cause of this unusual event. A musical short film that plunges into the world of conspiracy theories.

When a minor earthquake throws life coach Aaron’s world into turmoil, he tries to understand why it happened.

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How did a simple tennis match between a woman, tennis star Billie Jean King, and a man, ex-player Bobby Riggs, become a television phenomenon and change the face of women's sport?

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Sting was an ecologically-conscious yogi hipster before it was even a thing

For Brad Mehldau's performance in Lorraine for the Nancy Jazz Pulsations festival, the piano virtuoso is accompanied by a double bassist and a drummer. A high-flying concert!

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